Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
March 1967, Doctor of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
Experience
| Jul 1979 | Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine (until October, 1983) |
| 1981 | Head, Nephrology, West Los Angeles, VA Medical Center (until 1984) |
| Apr 1989 | Professor and Chairman, First Department of Medicine, University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine (until June, 1996) |
| Jul 1996 | Professor of Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine (until October, 2006) |
| Jul 1996 | Dean, Tokai University School of Medicine (until March, 2002) |
| Apr 1998 | Director, the Institute of Medical Science, Tokai University (until March, 2004) |
| Feb 2004 | Adjunct Professor, the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo (until March, 2007) |
| Nov 2006 | Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (until October, 2009) |
| Nov 2009 | Academic Fellow, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (until October, 2014) |
| Nov 2014 | Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (-present) |
Service
| Apr 1993 | Science Advisor, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (until June, 1996) |
| Aug 2001 | Member, Study Committee, new graduate university in Okinawa, CAO (until March, 2003) |
| Oct 2001 | Special member, Committee of Space Development, MEXT (until July, 2012) |
| 2002 | Member, Committee for Science Policy and Review of the International Council of Science (ICSU) (until 2005) |
| Apr 2003 | Member, Okinawa Promotion and Development Council, CAO (until March, 2007) |
| May 2003 | Councilor, Board of Directors, Seikei Gakuen (-present) |
| Jul 2003 | President, the Science Council of Japan (until September, 2006) |
| Jul 2003 | Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy (until September, 2006) |
| 2003 | President, Pacific Science Association (until 2007) |
| Apr 2004 | Advisory Panel for MEXT Minister “Redesigning Compulsory Education for a New Era” (until March, 2005) |
| Sep 2005 | Member, Board of Governors, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation (until October, 2011) |
| 2005 | Commissioner, the Commission for Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization (until 2008) |
| Oct 2006 | Special advisor to the Cabinet (Science, Technology, and Innovation) (until October, 2008) |
| 2006 | Member, Board of Trustees, Bibliotheca of Alexandria, Egypt (until 2010) |
| 2006 | Member, President Council, University of Tokyo (-present) |
| Jan 2007 | Member, Board of Councilors, Tokai University (-present) |
| 2007 | Member, Board of Directors, A*STAR, Singapore (until 2009) |
| 2007 | Special Advisor to the Cabinet of Japanese Government (until 2009) |
| 2008 | Member, Board of Trustee of Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research, UAE (-present) |
| Sep 2009 | Establishing Member of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation (until October, 2011) |
| May 2010 | Member, Board of Directors, RCAST of University of Tokyo (until March, 2013) |
| Jun 2010 | Member, Board of Directors, Tokai University (until May, 2014) |
| May 2011 | Member, the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC), Malaysia (until May, 2013) |
| Nov 2011 | Member, Board of Governors, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation (-present) |
| Dec 2011 | Chairman, the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (until July, 2012) |
| Oct 2013 | Advisory Council to the Office of Healthcare Policy, Cabinet Secretariat (-present) |
Awards
| Nov 1999 | Order of Purple from the Government of Japan for Excellence in Academic Achievements |
| Nov 2000 | Lifetime Achievement Award, Japanese Society of Nephrology |
| Dec 2009 | Order Legion de Honour of the Government of France |
| Dec 2010 | Person of the Year of the American Chamber of Commerce of Japan |
| Apr 2011 | The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star |
| Dec 2012 | AAAS (American Association for Advancement of Science) Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility |
| Dec 2012 | "100 Top Global Thinkers 2012" (Foreign Policy) |
